Vai Tones?

[bassguy]

I thought I could easily get something similar to these tones but I’m having a hard time... I’m guessing fender twin on the cleans? The effects are killin me... Then again I am a bassist :lol:


anyway... Boston rain melody clean around 30 sec. and the drive around 2min...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQfvbBRnZs

And this "feathers" @ around 2:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BciW13f0v30


If you more experienced folk could point me in the right general direction Id be grateful...

 

[Itachi12]

I also play a lot of Vai's songs and I'm struggling to get some really close tones.
There's a "Legacy Lead" inspired to Vai patch on Axe Edit but it's no close to the original.
It would be great to have a nice lead sound, a clean one, and the classic mid gain with light crunch break that Vai uses also in Tender Surrender...

 

[sledge76]

Try that one and tell me what you think.
It even has two Pitch effects and I use an expression pedal to switch from clean to overdrive amp.
It´s made for the ULTRA.

 

[bassguy]

Thanks, Ill give it a try.

I also play a lot of Vai's songs and I'm struggling to get some really close tones.
There's a "Legacy Lead" inspired to Vai patch on Axe Edit but it's no close to the original.
It would be great to have a nice lead sound, a clean one, and the classic mid gain with light crunch break that Vai uses also in Tender Surrender...

Yeah I have that one and I tweaked it a little... Messed with the delay mostly and came up with a "live at the Astoria" rhythm kinda tone... still need to tweak a little more for a lead tone. Havent played with it too much.

 

[ML SOUND LAB]

That first one is pretty simple. Just use a single coil guitar and a fender sim. That deluxe one with master at 10. Light chorus. The second one is a weird tone. It's like a clean tone and a distorted wah tone mixed together. Should be easy with Axe though. No idea what to use for leads.

 

[bassguy]

Hey Sledge that preset is pretty damn good... A little messing about and I could come pretty close to a few different vai tones... Thanks again!


Now I just need a Jack Butler tone and Ill be set